10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2018
Some animals are injured and killed by wildfires. While larger animals like deer and elk are usually able to escape the fire’s path, smaller animals like squirrels, foxes and snakes are not always so lucky. Birds are able to fly away, but their nests and eggs can be destroyed. So what do these facts mean for our wildlife?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
In breeding season grazing cattle may walk through the nest, breaking the eggs, while wild and domestic pigs may eat both eggs and chicks. Beside natural grasslands, they breed in arable fields (primarily alfalfa) where there is no grazing, but they risk being killed by combine harvesters. What treats do they face?
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10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2012
Nonnative species have huge impacts on wildlife species everywhere… mice kill seabird chicks in their burrows, rats eat endangered bird eggs, overpopulated deer clear the understory of forests, pigs root out native plants and terrestrial animals, cats kill anything they can get their paws on.
Critter News
MAY 28, 2009
Like Vick, most of us shamelessly abuse and kill animals. Americans systematically exploit and kill animals - sometimes for scientific progress; sometimes for leather jackets, ham sandwiches, or horse-racing. This is part of the piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Chefs place live lobsters in pots of boiling water.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2018
Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573).
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573).
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